Sneasel 86/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Sneasel is 86/168, in position 87 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 85 Alolan Raticate-GX, and after it is 87 Tyranitar. The listed rarity is Common.

Sneasel is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sneasel (#215), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Weavile, Weavile (#461) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Sneasel (#215) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Sneasel 25/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. 15 other cards of Sneasel list a different HP.

The attack Fury Swipes lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads. Beat Up is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Flip a coin for each Pokémon you have in play. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses its claws to poke holes in eggs so it can slurp out the insides. Breeders consider it a scourge and will drive it away or eradicate it."

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sneasel can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.